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RAND,  BENJAMIN 


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A  PHILOSOPHICAL  LIBRARY 

FOR  THE 

AMERlCAISr  CONTINENT 

(Second  revised  edition) 

Camubidge,  Mass.,  October  19,  ]904. 

To  the  Chairman  of  the  Philosophical  Department,  Harvard  Unicersit, 
Sir  :  ■'' 

are  fnllv      '^'   ''''  "'T'"'"'    "^   '^^    Pl>ilosopl,ieal    Department 
a,e  fully  aware,  several  years  have  bee.,  devoted  by  me  to  the 

preparafo,.  of  a  "Bibliography  of  Philosophy."    I,s  comprehensive 
character  .s  hkew.se  familiar  to  you.     With  the  publication  of  this 
book  however,  I  deem  the  task  only  half  completed.     My  ideal 
would  be  to  found  a  Philosophical  Library,  for  tlm  benefit  of  the 
advanced  students  and  scholars  on  this  continent,  which  shall  be 
the  counterpart  of  this  "  Bibliography  of  Philosophy."    At  ...resent 
there  ex.st^  in  the  various  public  and  univer.sitv  libraries  only 
a  few  hundred  or  thousand  dolla.s  wo,th  of  duplicates  of  books 
on  philosophy.     Nowhe.-e  in  America  is  there  an  extensive  philo- 
sophical l,b.a.y.     No  g.eater  service,  it  seems  to  me,  could  be 
rendered  to  the  cause  of  philosophy,  and  no  nobler  use  could  be 
...ade  of  a  part  of  Emerson  Hall,  tha..  the  ecjuipment  within  its 
wal  s  of  a  ph.losoph.cal  libra,y,  which  shall  be  equal  to  the  demands 
of  the  advanced  work  in  philosophy  of  the  entire  continent.     In 
this  broad  spirit,  the   University  already  eo.Hlucts  investigations 
.n  Its  observatory,  in   its  hcbarium   and,  as  occasion    demands 
m  vanous  other  depart.nents.     Might  not  Harvard  well  become 
custodian  of  a  similar  trust,  for  continental  philosophy,  by  means 
of  Eme.-soii  Hall? 

The  scope  of  the  foregoing  plan  is  one,  1  hope,  of  a  character 
to  ,neet  your  approval.  It  was  largely  for  this  purpose  I  have 
sought  to  obtain  additional  funds  for  Emerson  Hall.  But  there 
are  phases  of  a  philosophical  libraiy  which  relate  mo.e  immediately 
to  th.8  University,  even  if  the  preceding  aims  i«-oved  at  present 
impracticable.  The  new  E.nerson  Hall  must  find  a  place  for  the 
existing  psychological  and  social  libra.ies  Cannot  these  libraries 
be  consolidated  and  enlarged  ?     If  it  be  said  that  the  growth  of 


departmental  libraries,  detached  from  the  University  Library,  is  to 
be  deprecated,  it  may  be  replied  that  when  a  new  library  is  built, 
the  proposed  philosophical  library  could  be  removed  to  the  general 
library  building.  Meanwhile  the  department  would  have  the 
advantage  of  its  existence.  The  more  important  fact,  however, 
for  the  department  to  consider,  is,  that  a  new  library  building  will 
not  of  itself  create  a  philosophical  library.  The  fund  for  the  pur- 
chase of  books  by  the  general  library  must  always  be  distributed 
among  many  different  departments.  The  share  thus  devoted  to 
philosophy  is  necessarily  small.  Unless,  therefore,  use  can  be  made 
of  special  funds,  like  those  which  may  now  l>e  given  to  Emerson 
Hall,  sucli  a  philosophical  library  might  never  exist  at  Harvard. 

Would  not  a  philosophical  library,  moreover,  be  a  most  fitting 
coriiplement  to  the  erection  of  the  outward  structure  of  Emerson 
Hall?  If  one  examines  the  different  departmental  buildings  of 
the  University,  one  will  find  that  in  every  instance  their  existence 
has  been  justitied  largely  by  the  necessity  of  laboratories,  libraries 
or  museums,  in  addition  to  lecture-rooms.  To  erect  any  building 
predominantly  for  the  latter  purpose,  might  lead  to  a  similar  de- 
mand upon  the  Corporation  by  every  department.  Such  features 
of  Emerson  Hall  as  the  psychological  laboratories,  Musee  Sociale 
and  a  greatly  needed  library,  ought  thus  to  be  strongly  emphasized. 
Indeed,  the  value  of  such  a  library  for  advanced  students  can 
scarcely  be  overestimated.  Witness  the  use  of  the  Warren 
House  libraries  by  the  students  in  the  modern  languages.  Every 
member  of  the  department  I  am  sure  must  ultimately  agree  with 
me,  that  without  such  aids  to  instruction  their  work  cannot  be 
nearly  so  well  performed  in  the  new  building.  Moreover  an 
oricrinal  and  continued  productiveness  in  historical  and  constructive 
philosophy  would  be  more  firmly  secured  on  this  continent  by 
the  existence  of  a  large  library.  A  favorable  recommendation 
will  therefore,  I  trust,  be  made  by  the  department  for  additional 
funds  to  found  a  philosophical  library  in  Emerson  Hall. 

Yours  truly, 

Benjamin  Rand. 


